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02998aam a2200385 i 4500 001 574FAC32CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 221021t20232023enk b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2022948504 020 $a 1509555536 020 $a 9781509555536 035 $a (OCoLC)1371817322 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d NYP $d TOH $d YDX $d ORZ $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a GV200 $b .B78 2023 082 04 $a 194 $2 23 100 1 $a Bruckner, Pascal, $e author. $1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000109205772 240 10 $a Dans l'amitieÌ d'une montagne. $l English 245 14 $a The friendship of a mountain : $b a brief treatise on elevation / $c Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Cory Stockwell. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK : $b Polity Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 147 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Why are we fascinated by mountains? These outcrops of rock were once considered unsightly, something to be avoided at all costs, but, since Rousseau, they have been contrasted with our corrupt cities and viewed as serene enclaves of beauty and relaxation. But why climb to the summit only to come back down again? Why does the toil of climbing convert into joy? What metaphysics of the absolute is playing out here - what challenge does climbing pose to time and ageing, to fearful panic, to the brush with danger which leads to conquest? It's not faith that elevates mountains - it's mountains that elevate our faith in challenging us to overcome them. These hooded majesties crush some people while exalting others. For the latter, climbing means being born again, reaching a state of exhilaration. Being seized by exhaustion upon arriving at the summit is akin to casting your eyes upon paradise. Is it the stinging cold, the wind so strong that it almost knocks you down, or is it higher powers that speak to us in this mixture of terror and beauty? A child of the mountains who spent his youth in Austria and Switzerland, Pascal Bruckner has special ties to the subject of this book: the further he climbs, the more he reconnects to his past. In sparkling and sensual prose, Bruckner's paean to the majesty of mountains weaves together things seen and things read, childhood memories, literature and philosophy, interlaced with reflections on life, ageing and the unrivalled beauty of an ecosystem that we are in danger of destroying."-- Dust jacket. 500 $a Translated from the French. 500 $a Translation of: Dans l'amitieÌ d'une montagne : petit traiteÌ d'eÌleÌvation. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-147). 650 0 $a Mountaineering $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Mountaineers. 650 7 $a Mountaineering. $2 fast 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781509555543 700 1 $a Stockwell, Cory, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217011808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=574FAC32CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search